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you mentioned what secretary hagel said. his exact response was quote i know these are difficult issues for president karzai and the afghan people. i was once a politician, so i can understand the kind of pressures especially leaders of countries are always under. is chuck hagel saying more or less, don't worry the guy is lying? >> what secretary hagel is saying there is a fuller picture and this is just one particular episode. it was horrible that there was a bombing during hagel's visit and killing of soldiers again today, this underscores the policy of withdrawing from afghanistan is the right policy. but the key challenge is how to do so in an american manner that maintains security and maintain the stability in afghanistan after the u.s. leaves. that's where hagel is heading in driving this policy. >> john: i want to go back to karzai's statement because it seems we have to figure out what he's trying to accomplish by making this statement saying america is in cahoots with the taliban. is he trying to go with some big a
you mentioned what secretary hagel said. his exact response was quote i know these are difficult issues for president karzai and the afghan people. i was once a politician, so i can understand the kind of pressures especially leaders of countries are always under. is chuck hagel saying more or less, don't worry the guy is lying? >> what secretary hagel is saying there is a fuller picture and this is just one particular episode. it was horrible that there was a bombing during hagel's visit...
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i think chuck hagel will have a tougher time, and i do think that--i think hagel will have a roughing time of it then kerry. they all but nominated kerry them when beating up on susan rice. it would be heart to double back on him now. >> john: somewhere scott brown is washing his truck. charles pierce, so great to have you on the program. >> thanks, john, i appreciate it. >> john: thank you, for now on what president obama hopes to accomplish in his second temperature i'm happy to be joined by current tv correspondent david shuster and eric boehlert scene fellow with media matters for america. what does he have a better chance of pushing through. >> i think he has a greater chance on gun control and charles was right. it will make the heads explode on the right and make banning assault weapons closing gun show loops holes would seem reasonable. i think that sets the president up in a pretty good negotiating position. >> john: what track record do you think he'll be willing to ruffle executive orders. >> the haguethe hagueel,the republicans made it clear they didn't want chuck hagel. t
i think chuck hagel will have a tougher time, and i do think that--i think hagel will have a roughing time of it then kerry. they all but nominated kerry them when beating up on susan rice. it would be heart to double back on him now. >> john: somewhere scott brown is washing his truck. charles pierce, so great to have you on the program. >> thanks, john, i appreciate it. >> john: thank you, for now on what president obama hopes to accomplish in his second temperature i'm...
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why is lindsey graham really leading this charge against chuck hagel? surely it is not because he thinks he is going to win. he's terrified about being primaried by a tea party that can't stand him correct? >> i think that's part of it. the other is that lindsey graham is an active member of the military. he's an officer in the military. he travels to afghanistan and iraq and everywhere else he can. he considers himself a member of the armed services. so he takes particular umbrage at chuck hagel who obviously was not for the surge. he argued as a republican senator with the bush policies and so this is a two-fer for him. he gets to go after a guy he doesn't like and it does polish his tea party credentials. >> john: beyond leading the charge to impeople president clinton, lindsey graham unlike hagel has never seen combat, correct? >> that would be correct. >> john: what is the state of the g.o.p. in south carolina? if an elected representative shows a glimmer of moderation, are they facing a primary? >> they are. we have a very active and very aggressi
why is lindsey graham really leading this charge against chuck hagel? surely it is not because he thinks he is going to win. he's terrified about being primaried by a tea party that can't stand him correct? >> i think that's part of it. the other is that lindsey graham is an active member of the military. he's an officer in the military. he travels to afghanistan and iraq and everywhere else he can. he considers himself a member of the armed services. so he takes particular umbrage at...
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why do you think chuck hagel made his announcement today? >> well, for two reasons. one, the letter has become public. what he said exactly, he quoted exactly from the letter to senator levin, and then the other is that while he was in israel the israelis joined the british and french saying it had been used, and everyone was asking him well did they tell you ahead of time? did you know about it? what your position. he basically had to say something. >> michael: now, i want to go back to something that you said at the top or just a moment ago in what the options are here. we're clearly, i would guess not sending 100,000 troops on the ground into syria. what is on the table for president obama here in the national security staff? >> i think one thing he could do is the border with jordan and with turkey establish some sort of safe zones, and basically then use either the patriot missiles or airplanes to make it a no-fly zone. if we know where we think the chemical sites are he could authorize airstrikes or missile strikes to take them out. that would be another case,
why do you think chuck hagel made his announcement today? >> well, for two reasons. one, the letter has become public. what he said exactly, he quoted exactly from the letter to senator levin, and then the other is that while he was in israel the israelis joined the british and french saying it had been used, and everyone was asking him well did they tell you ahead of time? did you know about it? what your position. he basically had to say something. >> michael: now, i want to go...
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. >> john: this was defense secretary chuck hagel earlier today. >> the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria specifically the chemicallalchemical agent sarin. >> john: it may not be enough to wiggle out of the conflict. here, the author of "bomb scare" joe, thank you for your time this evening. >> my pleasure. >> john: it's great to have you. based on the statement of secretary hagel has the red line president obama referred to last summer been crossed? >> no, we don't have proof that this has happened yet. we have evidence that some of our intelligence agencies say it was credible. they said with low to moderate confidence. low means maybe and mod raid meansmoderatemeans probably. had there are reports that there is chemical residue in the soil there is a victim in the hospital foaming at the mouth. that could be caused by a disease and not necessarily sarin. even if it is proved to be sarin did "z" it come from the assad regime? what is the chain
. >> john: this was defense secretary chuck hagel earlier today. >> the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria specifically the chemicallalchemical agent sarin. >> john: it may not be enough to wiggle out of the conflict. here, the author of "bomb scare" joe, thank you for your time this evening. >> my pleasure. >> john: it's great to have you....
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chuck hagel has health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius flanked the president. their agencies are two of the hardest hit by the $85 billion rolling off of the chopping block. >> obama: it is an area of deep concern. i think everybody knows where i stand on this issue. we're going to try to minimize the impact on american families but it's not the right way for us to go about deficit reduction. >> he told his cabinet he'll keep reaching out to republicans for some support. house republicans countered with a spending bill that would keep the government open through the end of the 2013 fiscal year. the $982 billion deal would give pentagon leeway to absorb the sequester cuts and let republicans say they have the military's back. depending on the reaction from democrats it could be a way to award the march 27th deadline. march 27th is yet another deadline. does the booms day clock ever stop ticking in washington? well it looks like president obama's newest cabinet nominees might energize en enenvironmentalist enenvironmentalists, today he gamed gina mccarthy. she ma
chuck hagel has health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius flanked the president. their agencies are two of the hardest hit by the $85 billion rolling off of the chopping block. >> obama: it is an area of deep concern. i think everybody knows where i stand on this issue. we're going to try to minimize the impact on american families but it's not the right way for us to go about deficit reduction. >> he told his cabinet he'll keep reaching out to republicans for some...
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when is the vote on hagel? is it scheduled? >> it's not scheduled yet. we have been hearing from carl levin perhaps tomorrow but there has not been a firm date put down. there is a hearing on benghazi tomorrow. lots of activity for those who hover around foreign affairs. >> still having hear on benghazi. >> i don't think john mccain and lindsey graham will allow us to stop having hearings. they said they won't vote on chuck hagel until leon panetta testifies on benghazi. >> juana summers at jmsummers. >> this is "the bill press show." (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. [ music ] >> the part of ing shot with bill press this is "the bill press show". >> on this wednesday, february 6th, my parting shot for today, it was indeed uncomfortable at the press briefing yesterday as reporters pounded jay carney on this depart of justice memo saying it's legal to use drones to kill american citizens susp
when is the vote on hagel? is it scheduled? >> it's not scheduled yet. we have been hearing from carl levin perhaps tomorrow but there has not been a firm date put down. there is a hearing on benghazi tomorrow. lots of activity for those who hover around foreign affairs. >> still having hear on benghazi. >> i don't think john mccain and lindsey graham will allow us to stop having hearings. they said they won't vote on chuck hagel until leon panetta testifies on benghazi....
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here is our defense secretary chuck hagel talking about it. >> we cannot confirm the origins of these weapons but we do believe any use of chemical weapons in syria would very likely have been originated with the assad regime. as the letter states the president has made clear the use of chemical weapons or the transfer of such weapons to terrorist groups would be unacceptable. >> cenk: unacceptable. all right well what does that mean? we're going to war with syria? let's discuss it. our panel is here, ana kasparian, michael hastings hermela aregawi and jayar jackson. reverend jackson would get away with this non-religious talk the last segment. >> there was a lot of talking over. >> cenk: i hear you. they said it's a red light. quote, a game changer. this was before it was used, that it would be a game changer and a red line for the united states. that seemed to indicate we would take military action. do you think we're going to and should we? >> i'm not sure that we're going to, but i'm going to assume that we are not going to. i think they will move the red line more. i think that's
here is our defense secretary chuck hagel talking about it. >> we cannot confirm the origins of these weapons but we do believe any use of chemical weapons in syria would very likely have been originated with the assad regime. as the letter states the president has made clear the use of chemical weapons or the transfer of such weapons to terrorist groups would be unacceptable. >> cenk: unacceptable. all right well what does that mean? we're going to war with syria? let's discuss it....
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chuck hagel deserves an up-or-down vote. james inhofe and lindsey graham are both saying they want a filibuster without calling it a filibuster. harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold technically. technically not a filibuster. and it looks like though hagel is going to get to 60 votes to break the hold or the filibuster. do you agree? >> i saw something this morning that said they're at 58 right now. i think if reid moved ahead with the closer motion, he has to be pretty confident. he doesn't take these kinds of votes unless he knows he's going to win. maybe there are two people on the fence. but i think what you'll see is you'll get more votes for the cloture. people like john mccain and others who are uncomfortable with the precedent o
chuck hagel deserves an up-or-down vote. james inhofe and lindsey graham are both saying they want a filibuster without calling it a filibuster. harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold...
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and chuck hagel up for a vote today. we didn't even get to drones yet. we have a little more time here with joe cirincione. time for your calls at 1-866-55-press. on this special mardi gras state of the union edition of the "full court press." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." people with sore throats have something new to say. ahh ! mmm ! people with sore throats have something new to say. ahh ! mmm ! ahh ! finally, there's cepacol sensations. serious sore throat medicine seriously great taste. plus the medicine lasts long after the lozenge is gone. ahh ! mmm ! cepacol sensations. [ male announcer ] start with a groundbreaking car. good. then invent an entirely new way to buy one. no. no. no. yes! a website that works like a wedding registry. but for a car. first, you customize it. then let people sponsor the car's parts as gifts. dad sponsors the engine for your birthday. grandma sponsors the rims for graduation. the car gets funded. then you pick up your new dodge dart at the dealership. and
and chuck hagel up for a vote today. we didn't even get to drones yet. we have a little more time here with joe cirincione. time for your calls at 1-866-55-press. on this special mardi gras state of the union edition of the "full court press." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." people with sore throats have something new to say. ahh ! mmm ! people with sore throats have something new to say. ahh ! mmm ! ahh !...
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these war hawks actually accuse hagel of being an anti-semite, anti-israel and proceed-iran. they are totally wrong, completely wrong on all three issues. no. chuck hagle, who served with distinction as a republican senator doesn't support the settlement -- that is israel keep building on the west bank. but guess what? neither does president obama. neither did president george w. bush. you don't, he didn't want to start a third war by bamming iran. that doesn't make him a friend of the ayatollah. this is a disgusting smear campaign. i would hope chuck hagle would not run flu his enemy. i hope president obama would nominate him and fight for his confirmation. folks, brings us to this weekend before christmas. i will be office enjoying my family next week. david shuster will be here filling in. so i hope you all have a great weekend, and happy happy holidays. merry christmas. we will see you early in 2013. god bless. >> this is "the bill press show."
these war hawks actually accuse hagel of being an anti-semite, anti-israel and proceed-iran. they are totally wrong, completely wrong on all three issues. no. chuck hagle, who served with distinction as a republican senator doesn't support the settlement -- that is israel keep building on the west bank. but guess what? neither does president obama. neither did president george w. bush. you don't, he didn't want to start a third war by bamming iran. that doesn't make him a friend of the...
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chuck hagel was sworn in this morning at a private ceremony at the pentagon. he is planning to address department employees later today. the full senate confirmed hagel yesterday and he released a statement saying that he is incredibly honored to be tasked with heading up the department of defense and he plans to work closely with congress to protect this great nation and to make sure we maintain the world's strongest military. >> first lady michelle obama is on the move the next couple of days to continue to promote the third anniversary of her let's move program. you may remember that she teamed up with big bird to release a couple of public service announcements last week urging kids to eat better and exercise more. i like the excuse to show big bird dancing again. today she travels to clinton mississippi where child obesity is down 13% from 2005. state officials attribute much of the change to a 2007 law that required more p.e. in schools and better food on cafeteria menus. >>> the first lady championed a federal law mandating healthier school meals and ou
chuck hagel was sworn in this morning at a private ceremony at the pentagon. he is planning to address department employees later today. the full senate confirmed hagel yesterday and he released a statement saying that he is incredibly honored to be tasked with heading up the department of defense and he plans to work closely with congress to protect this great nation and to make sure we maintain the world's strongest military. >> first lady michelle obama is on the move the next couple...
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david gregory asked somebody, should the president withdraw chuck hagel's nomination? no! should he just step down and nominate someone else? >> no! >> stephanie: what? no! >> perhaps a republican? chuck hagel is a republican! >> twit! >> bill press had a really good point this morning. he and i are getting really tired of seeing john mccain and lindsey graham every single sunday on every single show! >> stephanie: the senator of the green room. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] i was just going to get to that. lindsey graham will permanently -- on the couch or in a green aren't. he threatened to block votes on nominees for c.i.a. director and defense secretary until the administration gives more information about benghazi. well i declare -- i'll be sipping my mint julep. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the c.i.a. directorship. hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting. >> stephanie: then he. >> announcer: ed away. >> was he one of the guys who gave -- there are some senators that those shows could
david gregory asked somebody, should the president withdraw chuck hagel's nomination? no! should he just step down and nominate someone else? >> no! >> stephanie: what? no! >> perhaps a republican? chuck hagel is a republican! >> twit! >> bill press had a really good point this morning. he and i are getting really tired of seeing john mccain and lindsey graham every single sunday on every single show! >> stephanie: the senator of the green room. [ ♪...
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he hasn't decided where he was falling on hagel. you see all of these back-channel interests trying to influence the vote but at the end of the day i asked senator durbin whether or not democrats were going to basically vote united for hagle. and he said when he whips the vote last week, he hadn't found a single " no" yet. there were a few people who want to wait to see what he said in committee at the armed services hearing but at the most part, everyone is on board. you have to pick off five republicans. if you take away the two from nebraska, chuck hagel's home stop light, sutake all three. three is not a tough order, but that doesn't mean the hearings aren't going to be ugly, aren't going to be tough questions, that there aren't going to be questions that we have heard before. but honestly at the end of the day, the most interesting thing about this fight to me has been that the most controversial statement that chuck hagle made was that senators and representatives in washington were beholden to apac and that statement, alone s
he hasn't decided where he was falling on hagel. you see all of these back-channel interests trying to influence the vote but at the end of the day i asked senator durbin whether or not democrats were going to basically vote united for hagle. and he said when he whips the vote last week, he hadn't found a single " no" yet. there were a few people who want to wait to see what he said in committee at the armed services hearing but at the most part, everyone is on board. you have to pick...
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nothing on chuck hagel. nothing on climate change. reporters just -- all of the reporters just seem to ask the same question over and over and over again. >> couple of quick comments from twitter. we're tweeting about that topic. jim irwin writes, joey from chicago rocks. >> bill: joey does rock. >> i wanted to bring this up with you, bill. someone wrote to you on twitter not so fast, bill. didn't you yourself ask a dumb question at a press conference about legalizing pot. which i don't think it's a dumb question. i don't think it's a dumb question. i don't think that's what you're saying. nobody else was asking about that. >> bill: let me put this -- i don't want to get too defensive here. >> oh, no, get defensive. >> bill: i might point out that it was two weeks i waited -- i tried to ask that question -- two weeks after colorado and washington state passed initiatives legalizing the recreational use of pot. in that entire two weeks period, no one in the white house press corps asked a question about it until i did. >> it had to be
nothing on chuck hagel. nothing on climate change. reporters just -- all of the reporters just seem to ask the same question over and over and over again. >> couple of quick comments from twitter. we're tweeting about that topic. jim irwin writes, joey from chicago rocks. >> bill: joey does rock. >> i wanted to bring this up with you, bill. someone wrote to you on twitter not so fast, bill. didn't you yourself ask a dumb question at a press conference about legalizing pot....
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as is chuck hagel the head of the foreign intelligence board. they're making a serious recommendation. >> bill: what is the size and shape and status of the russian arsenal then? >> they have fewer deployed long-range weapons right now. their arsenal is aging. as they retire, they're not replacing them as fast as they're pulling them out. they actually have fewer about 1500 long-range nuclear weapons deployed. right now, we have about 1800 nuclear weapons. they have another tactical weapons, short-range weapons than we have. we're roughly equal. between us, the u.s. and russia have 90% of the weapons in the world. >> bill: they have about 5,000, too? >> yes, in what they call the active stockpile. some are deployed ready to use. some are held in the closet. little reserved. be careful where you take those out. >> bill: this is big news. >> this is big news. this is the most serious recommendation to come up from an independent panel in years. it should be taken seriously. >> bill: hasn't been talked about a lot. it should get talked about a lot.
as is chuck hagel the head of the foreign intelligence board. they're making a serious recommendation. >> bill: what is the size and shape and status of the russian arsenal then? >> they have fewer deployed long-range weapons right now. their arsenal is aging. as they retire, they're not replacing them as fast as they're pulling them out. they actually have fewer about 1500 long-range nuclear weapons deployed. right now, we have about 1800 nuclear weapons. they have another tactical...
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another one is chuck hagel but that's another story. >> stephanie: it was hilarious, like most people this week she was caught in traffic, and he was literally in the middle of a stem winder he would be able to afford education -- and it's like elizabeth warren is here. >> yeah, he was very sharp. and some day i hope to ask him. how do you integrate his previous job with this one? he was very, very funny. >> stephanie: yeah, he has unleashed the comedy cracken again. >> yeah, because it has to be enormously tempting. to essentially squelch the heckelers. >> stephanie: oh my god, jim he did a dead on bernie sanders impersonation. and he made an amazing point about the cost of college. how much does it cost in this country. >> yeah, and in finland. >> stephanie: and he said in fin lan they pay you to go to college. >> yeah. >> stephanie: but he made a really good point of the percentage that pell grants paid -- >> it was 60% of your education, and now it pays 32. >> stephanie: yeah, he was talking about talking to a bunch of college students and he was like how many work 40 hours a week
another one is chuck hagel but that's another story. >> stephanie: it was hilarious, like most people this week she was caught in traffic, and he was literally in the middle of a stem winder he would be able to afford education -- and it's like elizabeth warren is here. >> yeah, he was very sharp. and some day i hope to ask him. how do you integrate his previous job with this one? he was very, very funny. >> stephanie: yeah, he has unleashed the comedy cracken again. >>...
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then he and the vice president will be meeting with defense secretary chuck hagel. the defense secretary poised to announce this afternoon that the pentagon is furloughing 800,000 pentagon employees for 11 days as a result of the sequester. that was rumored before. it is going to happen today. the sequester rolling on. jay carney with his regular briefing for the white house press corps at 12:30 today. i'll be there trying to get a couple of questions in. tell you all about it tomorrow. be back with what's up with the i.r.s. what the hell are they doing? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel your doctor should test you for tuberculosis a
then he and the vice president will be meeting with defense secretary chuck hagel. the defense secretary poised to announce this afternoon that the pentagon is furloughing 800,000 pentagon employees for 11 days as a result of the sequester. that was rumored before. it is going to happen today. the sequester rolling on. jay carney with his regular briefing for the white house press corps at 12:30 today. i'll be there trying to get a couple of questions in. tell you all about it tomorrow. be back...
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vice president meet for lunch and this afternoon, the two of them meet with defense secretary chuck hagel. briefings yet to be determined sometime today. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning fellow americans and welcome to the "full court press." right here on current tv. it is tuesday april 30. great to see you today. got lots to talk about. got lots of news happening today. both here in our nation's capital and around the country. and around the globe. a lot of news out of afghanistan. we'll tell you about that in a second. whatever's going on, we want to hear from you what you think about it all. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. join us on twitter at bpshow. that's our twitter handle at bpshow. on facebook, facebook.com/billpress show. yes, indeed. in afghanistan even though the white house will neither confirm nor deny it, president hamid karzai admits now that for the last decade or so, they have been -- he's been receiving bags of cash delivered by c.i.a. agents. what that means, of course is we can no longer complain about karzai being corrupt because it turns out we're the one
vice president meet for lunch and this afternoon, the two of them meet with defense secretary chuck hagel. briefings yet to be determined sometime today. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning fellow americans and welcome to the "full court press." right here on current tv. it is tuesday april 30. great to see you today. got lots to talk about. got lots of news happening today. both here in our nation's capital and around the country. and around the globe. a lot of news out of...
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he's a rare former republican who actually voted the way he talked because you would get the chuck hagels of the world who would make really good speeches. wait a minute, this guy is reasonable then he would go back to voting with george w. bush 99% of the time. lincoln chafee voted against the iraq war and finally said enough is enough! >> al: he's a man of conviction. there is a lot of family history here cenk. i served with his father, john chafee, who was representative of the small group of truly moderate republicans in the senate. a lot of them from the northeast. and when john died, he was truly a great man in my opinion then lincoln was appointed. and he was an excellent senator but he ran for re-election and a terrific guy sheldon whitehouse who is one of my favorite senators defeated him. the following year, '07 he switched parties and then was elected governor just i guess -- last year, year before in the 2010 elections. he's very popular and very well-liked. >> cenk: it sounds like chafee that makes me realize i wasn't absolutely crazy when i was republican as a kid in the nor
he's a rare former republican who actually voted the way he talked because you would get the chuck hagels of the world who would make really good speeches. wait a minute, this guy is reasonable then he would go back to voting with george w. bush 99% of the time. lincoln chafee voted against the iraq war and finally said enough is enough! >> al: he's a man of conviction. there is a lot of family history here cenk. i served with his father, john chafee, who was representative of the small...
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>> i would say that's maybe -- secretary of defense chuck hagel said about three or four weeks ago that he didn't really favor reforms that would take power away from the chain of command. recently, however, pentagon press secretary george little has said the secretary is open to whatever it takes and seems to have backed away from that. you have not heard the white house comment while the president and vice president joe biden have said that they are outraged. there was that white house meeting with valerie jerrod and about 16 lawmakers. they haven't endorsed any specific legislation yet. >> i think the pretty, a lot of pressure on the white house to come out and support the jimmy brand proposal. we will see what happens on that. juana summers. you have a lot of work to do. thank you for coming in? >> thanks for having me. >> this is "the bill press show" show". >> thanks for having me. [ music ] (kaj) jack, how old are you? >> nine. (adam) this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. way inside. (christoff) we'
>> i would say that's maybe -- secretary of defense chuck hagel said about three or four weeks ago that he didn't really favor reforms that would take power away from the chain of command. recently, however, pentagon press secretary george little has said the secretary is open to whatever it takes and seems to have backed away from that. you have not heard the white house comment while the president and vice president joe biden have said that they are outraged. there was that white house...
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at 3:30 this afternoon he meets with secretary of defense chuck hagel. our briefing today will be, again, with deputy press secretary josh ernest at 12:15. back with evan mcmorris santoro as a "friend of bill." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: what do you say friends and neighbors. good to see you this morning. welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. it is tuesday march 26. and it is a busy day here in our nation's capital. congress may be in recess but the supreme court is in business and today's the first of two days that they're going to hear arguments on both sides of the issue of marriage equality, same-sex marriage. today, they'll be hearing arguments about california's proposition 8. and then tomorrow, arguments on defense of marriage act which president clinton says was a big mistake. president clinton who signed doma back in 1996. again, he says it was a big mistake. we hope the supreme court agrees with him. in other news, in afghanistan john kerry and president hamid karzai, they've been friends for a long time. they met yesterday. the
at 3:30 this afternoon he meets with secretary of defense chuck hagel. our briefing today will be, again, with deputy press secretary josh ernest at 12:15. back with evan mcmorris santoro as a "friend of bill." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: what do you say friends and neighbors. good to see you this morning. welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. it is tuesday march 26. and it is a busy day here in our nation's capital. congress may be in recess but the...
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his regular weekly meetings with treasury secretary jack lew and defense secretary chuck hagel. jay carney holding his daily briefing down at the white house at 12:45 today. i will be there representing all of you and tweeting from there. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning, good morning, everybody. what do you say? welcome to the "full court press" here on this tuesday morning. july 9. great to see you today. thank you for joining us on the "full court press." coming to you live from our nation's capital and our studio on capitol hill. where we will bring you up to date on what's going on as you start your day today. we'll tell you what's happening here in our nation's capital. not a hell of a lot. around the country and around the globe. and give you a chance to sound off about it all at 1-866-55-press. that's our toll free number. one way to make your comments known. or you can -- if you don't have time for a telephone call, send us your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. we'll start of
his regular weekly meetings with treasury secretary jack lew and defense secretary chuck hagel. jay carney holding his daily briefing down at the white house at 12:45 today. i will be there representing all of you and tweeting from there. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning, good morning, everybody. what do you say? welcome to the "full court press" here on this tuesday morning. july 9. great to see you today....
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white house around 4:00 where he will then go straight into a meeting with secretary of defense chuck hagel in the oval office. that is closed to press. and then press gets to observe the president delivering remarks in the east room at 5:30 this afternoon. >> busy day. >> that's a busy day. it was everything -- be the president will be in four different places in one day. that's not bad. there is no press briefing today. bill normally goes to the press briefings, he won't miss out. if you're not following us on twitter, i push twitter a lot. go follow us on twitter at bpshow. if for no other reason, bill tweets from the white house press briefings and it is so beautiful. it is so perfect. because he'll just smack down other reporters as they're asking dumb questions. it is the best. i'll watch the press briefing with twitter open and just sort of watch bill as he tweets in real time. it is really fantastic. so keep an eye out. there could be a lot of good stuff that comes out of new jersey today. maybe the photo of the president and chris christie next to each other won't be so severe as i
white house around 4:00 where he will then go straight into a meeting with secretary of defense chuck hagel in the oval office. that is closed to press. and then press gets to observe the president delivering remarks in the east room at 5:30 this afternoon. >> busy day. >> that's a busy day. it was everything -- be the president will be in four different places in one day. that's not bad. there is no press briefing today. bill normally goes to the press briefings, he won't miss out....